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DEPARTMENT  OF  RESEARCH 


RECORD 

OF     INDIVIDUAL     GROWTH 

A  GUIDE   TO   PARENTS,    PHYSICIANS 

AND    TEACHERS 


BY 
DR.    PAUL  GODIN 


TRANSLATED       BY 

CARROLL    T.     JONES 


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NO.  9-MARCH   1916 


RECORD     OF     INDIVIDUAL     GROWTH 
A   GUIDE   TO   PARENTS,   PHYSICIANS  AND  TEACHERS 


DR.    PAUL.   GODIN 

LAUREAT   OF    THE    INSTITUTE.     THE   ACADEMY    OF    MEDICINE.  AND     THE     ANTHROPOLOGICAL 

SOCIETY    OF    PARIS.    PROFESSOR    IN    THE    SCHOOL-  OF   THE    SCIENCE    OF 

EDUCATION    (INSTITUTE   J.    J.    ROUSSEAU)  AT    GENEVA. 


TRANSLATED       BY 

CARROLL    T.     JONES 
FELLOW,      NEW    YORK     UNIVERSITY 
RESEARCH     ASSISTANT.    THE    TRAINING     SCHOOL 
AT    VINELAND,     N.     J. 


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The  author  claims  for  his  Guide  that  it  is  indispensible 
for  the  proper  care  of  the  health,  physical  development,  and 
education  of  the  child.  It  furnishes  physicians,  teachers  and 
parents  a  complete  record  of  the  individual  child's  growth  and 
development  year  by  year,  which  should  constitute  the  basis 
of  the  preventive  measures,  the  rules  of  hygiene,  and  the 
principles  of  education  and  life  best  adapted  to  his  indi- 
viduality. 

For  the  detailed  method  of  obtaining  and  interpreting  the 
data  called  for  by  the  Record  the  recorder  will  find  the 
author's  numerous  books  and  articles  on  the  subject  of 
growth  invaluable  aids.  The  author's  La  Croissance  pendant 
V  Age  Scolaire  (Growth  during  School  Age)  and  his  he 
Medecin,  V  Enfant,  et  la  Famille  (The  Physician,  the  Child, 
and  the  Family)  are  especially  recommended. 

This  record  guide  satisfies  a  real  need  in  the  mental  and 
physical  study  of  children.  It  should  stimulate  parents  to  a 
better  understanding  of  their  children's  natures  and  tendencies, 
and  the  mental  and  physical  causes  of  behavior.  It  should 
encourage  teachers  to  relate  the  materials  and  methods  of  in- 
struction to  the  individual  needs,  with  due  regard  for  mental 
and  physical  hygiene.  It  should  give  the  physician  those  all- 
important  data  of  personal  and  family  history  without 
which  he  cannot  hope  to  realize  his  highest  function. 

Only  by  such  systematically  obtained  records  can 
eugenics  ever  hope  to  establish  itself  upon  an  exact 
and  scientific  basis.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  laboratories,  clinics 
and  institutions  will  encourage  the  extensive  use  of  these 
records  in  families,  schools  and  custodial  and  corrective 
homes.  In  particular  the  Record  affords  a  systematic  method 
for  the  study  and  treatment  of  normal  and  supernormal 
children.  416138 


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INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 

Full   name 

T>ate  of  birth 

Nationality 

Place  of  residence  (country) 

Occupation    of  father — • 

Occupation    of  child 

Stature  of  father 

Age  of  father 

Physiological  characteristics   inherited  from  father 

Physiological  characteristics  inherited  from  mother 

Hereditary  tendencies  to  disease    in  father's  family 

Hereditary  tendencies  to  disease  in  mother's  family 


Facts  of  child's  early  life ____ 

(falls,  blows,  accidents,  diseases) 


Malformations 


Observations  {feeding  at  breast;  right  or  left-handed  etc.) 


(1)  See  the  instructions  in  regard  to  this  "Record,"  in  the  following  works:  for  the 
teacher— La  Croissance  pendant  L'Age  Scolaire  in  the  Collection  Actualites  pedago- 
giques,  Neuchatel,  Delachaux  et  Niestle,  edit.  1913;  and  for  the  physician— he  Medecin, 
V  Enfant,  et  la  Famille,  Paris,  Maloine,  editeur,  1913. 


5 
Notes  (i)  of  the  Teacher  and  Physician 


Place  of  birth 

Now  living  in  country  or  city 

Of  the   mother. 

Of  the  mother. 

Of  the  mother. 


INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 


Date  of  Observation 
Weight 


Sitting  height 

(on  a  seat  12  in.  high) 


Standing  height    .     .     . 
Height  of  opening  of  ear 

chin  .  .  . 
"  top  of  sternum 
"    xiphoid  point 

navel     .    .    . 
"    symphysis  pubis 
"    greater  trochanter 

knee      .    . 

ankle     .    . 

shoulder    . 

elbow     .     . 
"    wrist  joint 

"    middle  finger 

Bi-acromial   diameter     . 

Anterior-posterior  thoracic 
diameter    .... 


Transverse   thoracic  diameter 
(chest  not  expanded) 

Transverse  thoracic  diameter 
(chest  expanded) 

Diameter  of  body  at  hips 

"   arms   (just  above 
elbow) 


Notes  (i)  of  the  Teacher  and    Physician. 


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INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 
Date  of  Observation 

Diameter  of  legs  (just  above  knee) 


/Interior -posterior  diameter  of 
cranium 

Transverse  diameter  of  cranium 

(maximum) 

Vertical  diameter  of  cranium 
Circumference  of  forearm 

(maximum) 

Circumference  of  forearm 

(minimum) 

Thoracic  circumference  {chest 
expanded) 

Thoracic  circumference  (chest 
not  expanded) 


Length  of  hand 
Length  of  foot 
Width  of  hand 
Width  of  foot      . 
Status  presens    (2) 


Present  diseases 


Peculiarities  (teeth) 

(Development  partially  retarded) 

Malformations       

Obesity 

Excessive  growth  of  hair,  location 

Development  of  genital  organs 
Color  of  skin 


Thickness  of  skin 


(2)     Tall,  short,  medium  height;    tall-stout,   tall-thin,   tail-heavily  built  and  the  same 
for  short  and  medium  height. 


Notes 

(l)  of  the  Teacher  and 

Physician 

10 
INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 


Color  of  hair 
"     "    eyes 


Change  of  voice      .... 

General  strength  (wrestling, 
dumb-bells)    .... 


General    strength    (by    the 
dynamometer)     .    .    . 


Agility 

Standing  broad  jump      .... 

r 

Index  for  physical  fatigue  —  ( f)  As 

e 

Temperament  E  (4) 

Humor  on  waking  H   (5)  .    .    . 

Deportment 

Attention 

Intelligence    I 

Memory    m 

r 

Index  of  mental  fatigue  —(3)  Ac 

e 

S    (length  of  lower  limbs) 

B    (sitting  height) 

C    (cranial  volume) 
V    (volume  of  trunk) 

used  as  an  index  of  volume  of  vital  organs 

O    (sum  of  the  lengths  of  the 
upper  and  lower  limbs) 


(3)  In  minutes,  r=time  of  rest  necessary  for  recuperation,   e=time  of  exertion. 

(4)  Energy  shown  in  action;     1,   very   little  energy;  moderate  amount  of  energy;     5, 
very  great  energy. 

(5)  Bright,  4;    very  bright,  5;    indifferent,  3;    depressed,  2;    very  much  depressed,  1. 

somatic  activity.         Ac=cerebral  activity. 


11 


Notes 

(i)  of  the  Teacher  and 

Phy 

sician 

12 
INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 


Date  of  Observation 
Weight 


Sitting  height 

(on  a  seat  12  in.  high) 


Standing  height    .    .    , 
Height  of  opening  of  ear 

"      "  chin      .     .    , 

"      "  top  of  sternum 

"      "  xiphoid  point 

"  navel     .    .    . 

"      "  symphysis  pubis 

"      "  greater  trochanter 

"      "  knee      .    . 

"      "  ankle     .    . 

"      "  shoulder    . 

"      "  elbow     .    . 

"      "  wrist  joint 

"      "    middle  finger 

Bi-acromial   diameter     . 

Anterior -posterior  thoracic 
diameter    .... 


Transverse  thoracic  diameter 
(chest  not  expanded) 

Transverse  thoracic  diameter 
(chest  expanded) 

Diameter  of  body  at  hips     . 

"      "   arms   (just  above 
elbow) 


13 


Notes  (i)  of  the  Teacher  and    Physician. 


/ 

_ 

14 
INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 


Date  of  Observation 

Diameter  of  legs  {just  above  knee) 

Anterior-posterior  diameter  of 
cranium 

Transverse  diameter  of  cranium 

(maximum) 

Vertical  diameter  of  cranium 

Circumference  of  forearm 

(maximum) 

Circumference  of  forearm 

(minimum) 

Thoracic  circumference  (chest 
expanded) 

Thoracic  circumference  (chest 
not  expanded) 


Length  of  hand 
Length  of  foot 
Width  of  hand 
Width  of  foot      . 
Status  presens    (2) 


Present  diseases 


Peculiarities  (teeth) 

(Development  partially  retarded) 

Malformations       

Obesity 

Excessive  growth  of  hair,  location 
Development  of  genital  organs 
Color  of  skin 


Thickness  of  skin 


(2)     Tall,  short,  medium  height;    tall-stout,   tall-thin,   tail-heavily  built  and  the  same 
for  short  and  medium  height. 


15 


Notes 

(l)  of  the  Teacher  anc 

Ph> 

sician 

16 
INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 


Color  of  hair 

"     "    eyes 

Change  of  voice      .... 

General  strength  (wrestling, 
dumb-bells)     .     .    .    . 


General    strength    (bv    the 
dynamometer)     .    .    . 


Agility 

Standing  broad  jump      ...     . 

r 

Index  for  physical  fatigue  —  (5)  As 

e 

Temperament  E  (4) 

Humor  on  waking  H   (5)  .    .    . 

Deportment 

Attention 

Intelligence    I 

Memory    m 

r 

Index  of  mental  fatigue  —(3)  Ac 

e 

S    (length  of  lower  limbs) 

B    (sitting  height) 

C    (cranial  volume) 
V    (volume  of  trunk) 

used  as  an  indexof  volume  of  vital  organs 

O    (sum  of  the  lengths  of  the 
upper  and  lower  limbs) 


(3)  In  minutes,  r=time  of  rest  necessary  for  recuperation,   e=time  of  exertion. 

(4)  Energy  shown  in  action;     1,   very   little  energy;  moderate  amount  of  energy;     5, 
very  great  energy. 

(5)  Bright,  4;    very  bright,  5;    indifferent,  3;    depressed,  2;    very  much  depressed,  1. 

As-somatic  activity.         Ac -cerebral  activity. 


17 


Notes  of  the  Teacher  and  Physician  a>. 


Date 

Age 

S 
B 

C 

V 

18 
INDIVIDUAL  FORMULA 

Age 
0         of 

—        pub-      M           R         E         H             I 
V        erty 

m 

As 

Ac 

D<6) 









M=difference  between  maximal  and  minimal  circumferences  of  fore-arm  (used  as  an  index  of   muscular 

development.) 

R=thoracic  diameter  expanded,  divided  by  thoracic  diameter  normal. 


19 


INDIVIDUAL  FORMULA 


Date      Age         — 
B 


Age 
O         o! 
—        pub-      M 
V       erty 


R         E         H  I         mAsAc        D<e 


(6) 

Bodi 

[y  defec 

t:  1,  si 

ight;  3 

,  mod 

erate;  , 

),  seric 

us. 

20 
INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 


Date  of  Observation 

Keenness  of  vision     .     . 
"       "  hearing   .     . 

Digestive  organs  {teeth) 

Respiratory  organs     .     . 

Circulatory  system    .     . 

Genito-urinary  organs   . 

Organs  of  locomotion     . 

Nervous  system    .    .     . 
facility  in  moving 

reflexes 

sensibility    .    .     .     . 
sense  organs      .     .     . 
vaso-motor  condition 
sudoral  condition 
trophic  condition   .     . 
intelligence       .     .     . 

Skin 

Nutrition 

Diatheses 


BIRTH 


6  1-2  Yrs. 


13  1-2 


GROWTH 

Child  at  different  periods  of  his  development  compared  i 


Vertex 


J  *        Opening  of  Ear 


Chin 

Top  of  Sternum 
Acromion 


Nipple 


Elbow 
Navel 

Greater  Trochanter 
Symphysis  pubis 

Ischium 
Wrist  joint 


Middle  Finger 


Knee 


Ankle 


15  1-2  Yrs, 


Fig.  I 


reth  h  the  adult.     (One  tenth  natural  size.) 


21 


Clinical  Notes  of  the 

Phys 

iician 

(7). 

' 

1 

i 

7     The  details  of  the  clinical   examination    may    be    written    on    the  blank    pages. 


22 


INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 


Chemical  characteristics  of  the 
sputum  {Albumin  reaction,  etc.) 

Microscopic  characteristics  .    .    . 

Characteristics  of  the  blood, 

chemical    ,...,.. 

Characteristics  of  the  blood, 

biological 

Characteristics  of  the  urine  and 
other  urological  reports    .    . 


Abnormal  elements 


Characteristics  of  the  excreta 
(physical,  chemical,  microscopic) 


Tuberculin  reaction    .... 

Wassermann  reaction     .    .    . 

Vaccinated  for  small  pox    .     . 

"  "    diphtheria  .    . 

"    typhoid    .    .    . 

"    rabies      .    .    . 

Organotherapy  by       .    .    .    . 
{Effects) 

Anaphylaxis 

Characteristics  of  all  illnesses 

Time  confined  in  bed       .    .     . 


23 


Clinical  Notes  of  the  Physician  </> 


24 


INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 


Date  of  Observation 

Keenness  of  vision  .  .  . 
"  "  hearing  .  .  . 
Digestive  organs  (teeth) 
Respiratory  organs  .  .  . 
Circulatory  system  .  .  . 
Genito -urinary  organs  .  . 
Organs  of  locomotion  .  . 
Nervous  system    .... 

facility  in  moving      .     . 

reflexes  ...... 

sensibility 

sense  organs     .... 

vaso-motor  condition 

sudoral  condition      .     . 

trophic  condition   .     .     . 

intelligence       .... 

Skin 

Nutrition 

Diatheses 


25 


Clinical  Notes  of  the 

Phys 

iician 

(7). 

26 


INDIVIDUAL  GROWTH 


Chemical  characteristics  of  the 
sputum  {Albumin  reaction,  etc.) 

Microscopic  characteristics 

Characteristics  of  the  blood 
chemical    .... 

Characteristics  of  the  blood 
biological  .... 

Characteristics  of  the  urine  and 
other  urological  reports 


Abnormal  elements 


Characteristics  of  the  excreta 
(physical,  chemical,  microscopic) 


Tuberculin  reaction    .    . 

Wassermann  reaction     . 

Vaccinated  for  small  pox 
"    diphtheria 
"    typhoid   . 
"         "    rabies 


Organotherapy  by 
{Effects) 


Anaphylaxis 

Characteristics  of  all  illnesses 


Time  confined  in  bed 


27 


Clinical  Notes  of  the 

Physician 

(7). 

y 

0 

* 

28 
HALF  SILHOUETTES* 


Birth 


6  mos. 


1    yr. 


1  1-2  yrs. 


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29 


HALF  SILHOUETTES 


2  yrs. 


2  1-2  yrs. 


3  yrs. 


3  1-2  yrs. 


20     10     ( 

3     2( 

>     10 

0 

20    10 

0 

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190 

180 

170 

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140 

130 

120 

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80 

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40 

30 

20 

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30 


HALF  SILHOUETTES* 


4  yrs. 


4  1-2  yrs. 


8    yrs. 


5  1-2  yrs. 


20 

10 

0     20     10     ( 

)     20    10     < 

)     20    10     0 

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HALF  SILHOUETTES 


6  yrs. 


6  1-2  yrs. 


7  yrs. 


7  1-2  yrs. 


190 

180 

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10 

0 


-• 


32 
HALF  SILHOUETTES* 


8  yrs. 


8  1-2  yrs. 


9  yrs. 


9  1-2  yrs. 


"See  figure  <n 


33 


HALF  SILHOUETTES 


10  yrs. 


10  1-2  yrs. 


11     yrs. 


11    1-2  yrs. 


20     10     0 

20 

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10 

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190 

180 

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140 

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110 

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40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

12  yrs. 


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HALF  SILHOUETTES* 

12  1-2  yrs.  13  yrs. 


13  1-2  yrs. 


20 

10 

0     20    10     C 

►     20    10     C 

>     20    10     0 

190 

180 

170 

160 

150 

140 

130 

120 

110 

100 

90 

80 

• 

70 

60 

50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

"See  figure  u) 


35 


HALF  SILHOUETTES 


14  yrs. 

14  1-2 

yrs. 

15  yrs. 

15  1-2 

yrs. 

20     10     C 

20    10     0     20    10     0 

20    10    0 

190 

180 

170 

160 

150 

140 

130 

120 

110 

100 

90 

80 

70 

60 

50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

36 


HALF  SILHOUETTES* 


16  yrs. 


20 


190 

180 

170 

160 

150 

140 

130 

120 

110 

100 

90 

80 

70 

60 

50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 


10 


16  1-2  yrs. 
20i  10  0~ 


17  yrs. 


20  10 


17  1-2  yr«. 
20  10  0 


"See  figure  u) 


37 


HALF  SILHOUETTES 


18  yrs. 


18  1-2  yrs. 


19  yrs. 


19  1-2  yrs. 


20     10     0 

20 

10 

0 

20 

10 

0 

2C 

>    10 

0 

190 

180 

170 

160 

150 

• 

140 

130 

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40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

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HALF  SILHOUETTES* 


20  yrs. 


20  1-2  yrs. 


21  yrs. 


21  1-2  yrs. 


20 

10 

0     20    10     C 

>     20    10     0 

20    10     0 

190 

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70 

60 

50 

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20 

10 

0 

*See  figure  <i) 


39 


HALF  SILHOUETTES 


22  yrs. 


22  1-2  yrs. 


23  yrs. 


23  1-2  yrs. 


20     10     C 

>     2C 

>    10 

0 

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0 

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190 

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